GRE Word List
ENIGMA
something hard to understand or explain
The meaning of the word enigma is something hard to understand or explain.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dignitary | one who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| balk | to refuse abruptly |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| indelible | that cannot be removed, washed away, or erased |
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |